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Friday, February 24, 2017

Disney Develops Wireless Charging

After working their
idea out on paper, Sample and his team tested it by building a special room and
powering various devices inside. A copper pipe was erected in the middle of it –
a little like a pole-dancing set-up – while the walls, ceiling and floor were
lined with aluminium panels.

Currents ran up and
down the pole 1.3 million times per second, generating an oscillating magnetic
field at that frequency.

The field can deliver
up to 1.9 kilowatts of power inside the room, “which is equivalent to charging
320 USB devices,” the authors write in
PLoS One. In a demonstration,
Sample’s team operated lamps, a fan, a toy car, a phone, a fan and some LEDs
simultaneously.

And no, this is not yet built at any of the parks, so you'll just have to wait!